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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
Environment
Edward Burtynsky

Deepwater Horizon: Drilling deep, drilling dumb

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Oil Spill #2, Discoverer Enterprise on May 12, 2010
Photograph: Edward Burtynsky
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Nesting Grounds with Oil, Gulf of Mexico, 24 June 2010. The spill was called 'the largest case of cruelty to animals in US history'
Photograph: Edward Burtynsky
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... ground zero on the same day
Photograph: Edward Burtynsky
Edward Burtynsky Deepwater
Oil Spill #10, Oil Slick, June 24, 2010 Photograph: Edward Burtynsky
Photograph: Edward Burtynsky
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Oil skimming boat near ground zero, June 24, 2010
Photograph: Edward Burtynsky
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Q4000 Drilling Platform, 24 June 2010. The vessel was used to position the large containment dome and also to attempt the 'top kill' in which drilling mud was pumped down the drilling pipe to cap the leak from the blown-out Deepwater Horizon well
Photograph: Edward Burtynsky
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Oil Spill #13, Mississippi Delta, June 24, 2010
Photograph: Edward Burtynsky
Edward Burtynsky Deepwater
Ground zero overview, Gulf of Mexico, June 24 2010
Photograph: Edward Burtynsky
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